Hello,

   My name is Debbie and I just joined the Stitchboard website. I retired early to care for my live-in mother who has COPD.  I have a husband, two dogs and a boom-er-rang son who lives with us more than not. 

   I do "a bit" of several things but nothing to perfection.  Right now I am cross-stitching stamped kitchen towel sets for Christmas gift giving.   People don't sew much these days and I thought it would be nice to give something that I spent time on.  

   I took a sewing class in junior-high and made a few outfits.  This year, I canned my first batch of Pickled Watermellon Rind Pickles!  In the past I have completed a couple of small-ish sized "counted cross stitch" pictures, two "stitch and stuff" rabbits and five sets of stamped kitchen Christmas towel sets.      I do some crocheting (afghans mostly), some straight-line beading like bracelets and necklaces, I attempted a quilted baby blanket, I did some tied-fleece blankets and other misc. light-weight craft dabbling. I am interested in learning more about all crafts in general.   I would love to get better at cross-stitching and crocheting.  Would love to learn to quilt, make soap, can food and play my harmonica, dulcimer and ukulele.  I am a jack-of-all crafts.... Master of none, kinda girl.   I am happy to receive instruction on improving my stitching skills so HELLO and nice to be here!